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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 42, June 7, 1966 ]

DECLARING SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1966, AS BESSANG PASS DAY.

WHEREAS, June 14, 1945, marks the fall of Bessang Pass, a monument to the courage and patriotism of the Filipino soldiers and the civilian population during World War II; and

WHEREAS, the anniversary of said event is too close to Independence Day, June 12;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Saturday, June 18, 1966, as Bessang Pass Day. I call upon public officials and citizens of the Philippines to celebrate the day by holding appropriate programs in honor of our gallant men who fought in the Battle of Bessang Pass.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 7th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-six.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary

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